National Affairs: HALLS OF HISTORY

AS Dwight Eisenhower begins his last year in the White House, he
admits to a sustaining vision of life at another home: his 192-acre
Gettysburg farm, with its promise of relaxed living, carefree hours
padding about the yards and fields, and overseeing his herd of black
Aberdeen Angus cattle.

"You'll be a full-fledged farmer when you get through with your job
down in Washington," a guest once remarked. "Brother,"
beamed the President, "I hope, I hope." Such a hope has
buoyed many a President since March 9, 1797, when...